Girls' name · since 1938
Marthana
Marthana has 11 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 11
- total births
- 1938–1962
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
11 girls have been named Marthana since 1938, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marthana recorded 11 times among girls since 1938, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1962.
- 11 total births
- 1938–1962 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marthana's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marthana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marthana splits its recorded history at 1962: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1938 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1962 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marthana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Marthana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Marthana's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Marthana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1938–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marthana: Baby Name Since 1938 - 11 Births, Peak 1962." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marthana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marthana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.